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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish دووللو (düvello), from Italian duello.
Pronunciation
Noun
düello (definite accusative düelloyu, plural düellolar)
- duel
1941 November 17, Anadolu Agency, “Kerç sehrinde”, in En Son Dakika, page 1:Moskova etrafındaki askerî faaliyet arazinin fenalığı yüzünden topçu düellosundan ibaret kalmıştır.- Military activity around Moscow remained merely as artillery duels due to the poor terrain.
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دووللو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 593
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “düello”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “düello”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 929
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 316